Syntactic ambiguity - Wikipedia Syntactic ambiguity, also known as structural ambiguity, [1] amphiboly, or amphibology, is characterized by the potential for a sentence to yield multiple interpretations due to its ambiguous syntax
Definition and Examples of Amphiboly in English - ThoughtCo Amphiboly is a fallacy of relevance that relies on an ambiguous word or grammatical structure to confuse or mislead an audience Adjective: amphibolous Also known as amphibology More broadly, amphiboly may refer to a fallacy that results from a faulty sentence structure of any kind
Amphiboly | logical fallacy | Britannica …ambiguity of a single word, amphiboly consists of the ambiguity of a complex expression (e g , “I shot an elephant in my pajamas”) A typical fallacy due to the combination or division of words is an ambiguity of scope
amphiboly - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Strictly speaking, in an amphiboly the individual words are unambiguous; the ambiguity results entirely from the linguistic manner in which they have been combined
Logical Fallacy: Amphiboly Linguistically, an amphiboly is a type of ambiguity that results from ambiguous grammar, as opposed to one that results from the ambiguity of words or phrases—that is, equivocation